Blinken, Afghanistan

The fall of Afghanistan’s horse power is a lesson to today’s petrostates: Power based on a strategic commodity is fleeting
Not so long ago, Afghanistan was the Saudi Arabia of horses. But technological change led to its rapid decline.
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After emigrating from Afghanistan, a young wrestler feels at home on the mat
He says he doesn’t need much to feel refreshed. The junior hasn’t had much time to rest since moving from Afghanistan 11 ...
Blinken faces GOP critics in Congress who say Afghanistan withdrawal ‘lit the world on fire’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to face questions for the last time ...
Blast in Afghanistan Kills a Taliban Leader, Khalil Haqqani
The government accused the Islamic State of being behind the attack, which struck at the heart of the Taliban’s power ...
In Iraq and Afghanistan ‘our future was always written,’ but the next war is uncertain, says 101st commander
The commander of the 101st Airborne Division said today's soldiers train for even more “uncertain times” than their ...
UN urges Taliban to embrace human rights obligations for Afghanistan’s protection and prosperity
The U.N. mission in Afghanistan wants the country's Taliban rulers to embrace global human rights obligations for the ...
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WATCH: House Foreign Affairs Committee holds hearing on Afghanistan withdrawal with Blinken
Under fire from congressional Republicans about one of the darkest moments of Joe Biden’s presidency, Secretary of State ...
Watch: Blinken testifies before House on Biden Afghanistan withdrawal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will give his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday morning, ...
Blinken to testify in Congress on Afghanistan weeks before his term ends
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will testify to a Republican-led House of Representatives committee on Wednesday on the ...
Explosion in Afghanistan kills Taliban regime's minister for refugees Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani
Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, a minister in Afghanistan's de-facto Taliban government and a member of a notorious family, was among those killed in an explosion in Kabul.
Blinken testifies at hearing about Afghanistan withdrawal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced tough questions from a Republican-led House of Representatives committee on Wednesday about the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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32 trapped as coal mine collapses in Afghanistan
At least 32 miners are trapped underground after a coal mine collapsed in northern Afghanistan, provincial officials ...